New Eden: Live to Play, Play to Live

Chapter 766  Outside Help

A presence which he had yet to feel on this side of the veil brushed his mind, and he felt a warmth emanate from the pit of his stomach—a familiar feeling.

'Do you need help, papa?' a soft voice asked in his mind.

'Luna? How did you find me?' Alex asked her mentally.

'I felt you far away and followed the tether to your soul. I found this crack in the darkness, and when I pushed through, I was back inside you.'

Alex could imagine that his pulling at the mana leak formed a wide crack in the veil that separated their worlds. It was good news that Luna could follow it there, but it was also not good.

If she could sense him through it, what else could?

But right now, he couldn't waste time thinking about this. Every second he wasted, his body absorbed more of the mana concentrated inside his head, and the rest were fighting against his control to break free once more.

'Yes, I need your help. I can't generate Aether here, and I think the natural mana of the world on this side is too weak to form a mana lobe. Can you do something about this?'

Luna giggled in his mind again.

'I will help you, papa. But this might hurt.'

'Wha—'

Before he could finish asking what she meant, a searing pain entered his head as he detected a single particle of bright white in there, forcing its way toward the center of the mana cluster.

It shone like a miniature sun in his head, burning his mind like a molten metal rod poking at his brain. But he gritted his teeth through the pain, refusing to let out the howl reaching his throat.

Instead, he groaned in pain, his hands slapping the side of his head, gripping his hair.

But he could feel the changes happening already.

She shook Alex awake slowly, wanting answers about this.

"Hey, handsome. Wake up."

Alex groaned as his eyes started fluttering. contemporary romance

"Mmm. What happened? Did I succeed?"

Kary's head tilted in confusion, her left eyebrow cocking up.

"Succeed what? In taking a bath on the bed? It would seem like it. What were you doing while I was in New Eden?"

Alex slowly opened his eyes, looking straight into Kary's, and paused.

In that moment of pause, Kary saw a glint of blue flash in Alex's pupils where there should only be black. But it was gone faster than it had come, leaving her with even more questions.

"Huh? A bath in the bed?" Alex asked, confused.

That's when he noticed he was all sticky, his pyjamas stuck to his boy, and the bed he was lying on was utterly drenched. The acrid smell of sweat suddenly assaulted both their noses as he moved.

"Oh, boy!" Kary exclaimed, pinching her nose.

"What in the name of god did you do while I was in New Eden?! She asked, sounding nasal as she held her nose closed.

"I don't know what happened to the bed, but I do know what I was doing before that. How the bed ended up in this state, I have no idea…" he replied, his face livid.

By the looks of it, he would have to call a specialty cleaner for this or buy a new bed. He could already tell the sweat circle would stain.

"Let's open up the windows and shower first," Kary said, her nose still pinched.

"Good idea…" Alex replied, jumping up from the bed.

He could tell her what he was doing once they didn't smell like they were in a hockey team's changing room.

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